Yemen+(Gianna,+Cameron)



==== Part I: Demographics    // 0–14 years: // 43.5% (male 5,199,954/female 5,013,165)     // 15–64 years: // 53.9% (male 6,438,569/female 6,233,708)    // 65 years and over: // 2.6% (male 291,319/female 318,646)    Virtually all citizens of Yemen are Muslims, either belonging to the Zaydi order of Shi'a Islam (50%) or to the Shafa'i order of Sunni Islam (50%). Zaydis are generally found in the north and northwest and Shafa'is in the south and southeast. There are also approximately 3,000 Christians, 400 Jews, and 40 ﻿Hindus Yemen’s population is predominantly Arab, but it also includes Afro-Arabs, South Asians, and Europeans  Geography   The country’s mountainous interior is surrounded by narrow coastal plains to the west, south, and east and by upland desert to the north along the border with Saudi Arabia. In the northeastern empty quarter, sands highlight the region, being the largest expanse of sand in the world. (Yemen has no permanent rivers.)  Economic Resources  Imports- food and live animals, machinery and equipment, chemicals    ====

Exports
 * Textiles
 * Petroleum Products
 * Fuel Oils
 * Cement
 * Machinery and Equipment
 * Manufactured Goods
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Live Animals
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Wheat
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Sugar
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Chemicals
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Gas Oil
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Rice Glazed

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Percentage of people holding different jobs: more than half are engaged in agricultural labor and about 30% of people are unemployed.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">GDP: Yemen is number 173 and the United States is number 10. This shows that the United States is more productive and must have more jobs to produce more goods to meet other’s needs.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">**__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Political Structure: __** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">**Type of government**: Yemen's constitution provides laws for an elected president. Government also appoints a prime minister. It can be described as a **republic**.

Elections- presidential held every seven years <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">House representatives held every six years

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Who can vote?: you must be at least 18 years old to vote. Men and women are allowed to vote and women are encouraged to exercise their voting rights.

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Part II: History: **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Early **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**1900s**, the Turks and the British agreed to a border between their two territories, forming North and South Yemen.

> > <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Divided loyalties and other problems eventually led the nation to civil war in May **1994**. The elected president, Ali Abdullah Saleh (who was from the north), was opposed by the vice president (from the south). > > > In **2004**, Islamic cleric Hussein al-Houthi launched a rebellion to oppose the government's ties with the United States. Government forces killed al-Houthi in September 2004, but the insurgency continued under the leadership of al-Houthi's brother Abdul-Malik al-Houthi > > In **2009**, an intermittent rebellion in the northern Saada province flared up, and the Yemeni army launched an offensive against the rebels there. Hundreds of people died and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced. The northern rebels also clashed with Saudi security forces along the border. > > **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Part III: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">South Yemen gained independence from Britain and became the first Marxist state on the Arabian Peninsula. The nations joined again after years of negotiations, uniting as the Republic of Yemen in **1990.**


 * **<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Category VI ** || **<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Anti-Corruption and Rule of Law ** || **<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">66 ** || **<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Weak ** ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">VI-1 || [|**Anti-Corruption Law**] || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">100 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Very Strong ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">VI-2 || [|**Anti-Corruption Agency**] || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">56 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Very Weak ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">VI-3 || [|**Rule of Law**] || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">54 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Very Weak ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">VI-4 || [|**Law Enforcement**] || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">54 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Very Weak ||


 * **<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Category III ** || **<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Government Accountability ** || **<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">30 ** || **<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Very Weak ** ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">III-1 || [|**Executive Accountability**] || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">45 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Very Weak ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">III-2 || [|**Legislative Accountability**] || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">22 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Very Weak ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">III-3 || [|**Judicial Accountability**] || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">17 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Very Weak ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">III-4 || [|**Budget Processes**] || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">35 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Very Weak ||


 * **<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Category I ** || **<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Civil Society, Public Information and Media ** || **<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">36 ** || **<span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;">Very Weak ** ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">I-1 || [|**Civil Society Organizations**] || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">47 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Very Weak ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">I-2 || [|**Media**] || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">35 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Very Weak ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">I-3 || [|**Public Access to Information**] || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">27 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Very Weak ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">I-3 || [|**Public Access to Information**] || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">27 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Very Weak ||

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Purposes of Government Ratings

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Economic decisions- 1 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Common defense-2 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Public services- 3 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Resolve social conflict-4 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Protection of rights- 5

Yemenis are hoping that grassroots anti-government protests can help spur a change in government. In Tunisia, the president of 23-years was forced to leave office and fled the country. Yemenis were not prepared anymore to put up with widespread poverty while “corruption is everywhere”, Hakim Almasmari, the Editor-in-chief of the Yemen Post told the BBC World Service. “They are saying: ‘Enough is enough, we want justice, and those who are corrupt should be taken to court’.” President Ali Abdullah Saleh now joins Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak on the edge of chaos. The question now for the region is what these aging dictators will do. Will they relinquish their power, or will they use the heavy hand of government to put down, even more violently, the protesters who have taken to the streets. As Thursday comes to an end in Yemen, thousands of citizens continue to demonstration in the capital, Sana’a. They are hoping to make change happen. Almasmari said the opposition had decided to initiate protests against the president because “they felt that all chances of a dialogue with the ruling party are vanishing.”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Report found on Yemen’s situation **


 * Part IV: **

Citizens who are for getting rid of their president of 23 years. He has not stepped down from his seat in office since 23 years of him ruling Yemen and there is supposed to be an election held every seven years for presidents. They saw that Egypt began to revolt against their government and decided to join and take down their own government. It was not planned for a very long time and has just started very recently. They perform demonstrations throughout the public that express how they are against their government. The military is being used by the government to fight back and the government is not likely to give in to the people’s demands any time soon. It has not changed yet because the country is in the midst of the revolution, but Saleh is still in power in Yemen. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Works Cited "Yemen." //CultureGrams Online Edition//. ProQuest, 2011. Web. 5 Apr 2011 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">About. "Geography and Map of Yemen." //Geography Home Page - Geography at About.com//. 1 Nov. 2005. Web. 05 Apr. 2011. []. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">CIA. "CIA - The World Factbook." //Welcome to the CIA Web Site — Central Intelligence Agency//. 3 Apr. 2011. Web. 05 Apr. 2011. [].
 * Who revolted? **
 * Why did they revolt? **
 * How did they organize? **
 * How did the people overthrow the government? **
 * How did the government respond? **
 * How was the government the same or different after the revolution? **

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